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Google Cloud Translator offers a free tier of 500k of translated chars each month. More pricing information here.

To be able to translate contents with Google, you You need a Google Cloud Platform account with billing enabled and a service account key to translating content with Google.

You can create an account and a service account key following Google official instructioninstructions.

Info

Make sure to download and keep the service account key in a safe place.

  • Click on the Google Cloud translator pencil;.

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Upload your Google Cloud Service account key and click Save.

Note

Once saved, the key will be encrypted, and you will no longer be able to see it. Keep a copy of your service account key in a safe place.

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Lango will verify your configuration. If everything goes well, and the provider will be set as active and default, as in the screen below.

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Troubleshooting

If you see this screen, something goes wrong.

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Common causes:

  • You have uploaded an invalid service account key. Make sure that the file you have uploaded is the same that you have downloaded from Google Cloud;

  • You don’t have activated the Google Cloud Translator API on your Google Account;

  • Your service account doesn’t have the permissions to access the Cloud Translator API. Check the service account permission on the IAM settings;

  • You don’t have the billing active on your Google Account.

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  • Make sure you have a valid payment method;

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